Donde Ya No Vivo

The streets remain the same
But I don't walk the same way
The houses bear my name
As if I were going to return

The corner bar is open
The same neon light
But I'm no longer a customer
Of what I once was

It doesn't hurt as much as I thought
It just feels strange
Like visiting a dream
That it's not entirely yours anymore

Because that place
Where I no longer live
It still lives in me

He doesn't call me, he doesn't wait for me
He doesn't want to hold me back
It's just a memory
That I learned to understand

They ask if I miss the town
And I don't really know what to say
I miss who was there
Not the place itself

The mountains remain firm
I learned to move around more
They take care of what I was
I pursue what will come

Not every return is possible
Not all absence is betrayal
Sometimes growing up means
Change direction

Because that place
Where I no longer live
He taught me how to start

Without hate, without promises
Without looking back with resentment
Only with certainty
That I am also the change

Maybe if I come back someday
I won't know where to sleep
Because I'm not from there anymore
But not from here either

That place
Where I no longer live
It doesn't hurt me to remember

It gave me deep roots
So as not to fall again
Now I know who I was
To know who I will be